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Tidsskrift for Kulturforskning, 2023 In Norway, a specific kind of children’s parties take place around Christmas every year: The Christmas Tree Party. This is a well-known custom, developed from schoolteachers during the second half of the 19th Century.
Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen
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Christmas and Christmastide in the Interpretation of Russian Writers of the XVIII-XX Centuries
Space and Culture, India, 2018 New Year and Christmas are widely represented in the world literature. This is both a special genre – a touching Christmas story, which is created according to certain canons, and traditional "scary stories", the action of which is timed to the "magic"
Elena Luludova
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Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective
Oikos, EarlyView.The pursuit of a multi‐planetary existence represents one of humanity's greatest frontiers. If applied justly, it offers an opportunity to extend its civilization's lifespan amid escalating sustainability crises on Earth. One approach increasingly gaining traction is terraforming, a hitherto theoretical ecological and evolutionary experiment revolving ...
Teun Everts +2 more
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Christmas cards: are senders full of joy and good cheer?
Cogent Psychology, 2023 People with depression often struggle with Christmas. The festive period is often associated with parties, social engagement, putting up Christmas trees among other behaviours.
Stephen Gallagher +3 more
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Christmas Card from President and Mrs. Reagan [PDF]
, 1988 Reagan Christmas ...
Reagan
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How ventures maintain stakeholder support amidst operational legitimacy threats
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary We explore how ventures mitigate operational legitimacy threats—threats that originate within the venture and challenge claims relating to the venture's ability to deliver on its promised value proposition. Through an inductive study of four ventures working to deliver their promised products following successful crowdfunding ...
Alex Murray, Susan Cohen, Farhan Iqbal
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Pemaknaan Artefak Budaya dan Tuturan Perayaan Keagamaan
Jurnal Komunikasi, 2022 This study was intended to comprehend how faith-based community groups communicated about cultural artifacts such as diverse Christmas celebration speeches.
Turnomo Rahardjo +2 more
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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
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Festliche Texte über Sprache am Beispiel von Weihnachten [PDF]
Linguistische Treffen in WrocławNowadays, Christmas is one of the festivals celebrated in many countries around the world. Various rituals, linguistic practices and text types as well as other formats are associated with it. The customs and traditions sur- rounding Christmas are passed
Joanna Szczęk
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Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure: Network Effects on Conversations aboard Skylab
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.How do absent others influence our interactions? We argue in this paper that interactions are embedded within networks formed by chains of specific relationships between known third parties. The anticipation of future interactions with external others conditions our interpretation of the current situation and affects our behavior in the interaction. We
Michael Schultz +2 more
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